Authenticity in Architectural Heritage Conservation: Discourses, Opinions, Experiences in Europe, South and East Asia

Authenticity in Architectural Heritage Conservation: Discourses, Opinions, Experiences in Europe, South and East Asia

Author
Katharina Weiler, Niels Gutschow (eds.)
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Language
English
Edition
1
Year
2017
Page
XXIV, 345
ISBN
978-3-319-30522-6,978-3-319-30523-3
File Type
pdf
File Size
20.3 MiB

The book contributes to a recontextualization of authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, and assigned. Over the course of the last century, authenticity figured as the major parameter for the evaluation of cultural heritage. It was adopted in local and international charters and guidelines on architectural conservation in Europe, South and East Asia. Throughout this period, the concept of authenticity was constantly redefined and transformed to suit new cultural contexts and local concerns. This volume presents colonial and postcolonial discourses, opinions, and experiences in the field of architectural heritage conservation and the use of site-specific practices based on representative case studies presented by art historians, architects, anthropologists, and conservationists from Germany, Nepal, India, China, and Japan. With more than 180 illustrations and a collection of terminologies in German, English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Nevari and Nepali, classical Chinese and standard Mandarin, and Japanese, these cross-cultural investigations document the processual re-configuration of the notion of authenticity. They also show that approaches to authenticity can be specified with key analytical categories from transcultural studies: appropriation, transformation, and, in some cases, refusal.

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